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suyuti:4-757bʿAli
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" عَنْ عَلِىٍّ قَالَ: نَصَبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمِنْجَنيِقَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الطَّائِفِ".  

خَ، وفيه عبد الله بن خراش بن حوشب قال [خ] البخاري منكر الحديث

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bayhaqi:18119Abū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās > al-Rabīʿ

[Machine] Al-Shafi'i said that the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , set up a catapult or a jousting spear against the people of Ta'if.  

البيهقي:١٨١١٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ قَالَ

قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ نَصَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى أَهْلِ الطَّائِفِ مَنْجَنِيقًا أَوْ عَرَّادَةً